Kais Saied

Kais Saied (22 February 1958-) was President of Tunisia from 14 October 2019, succeeding Mohamed Ennaceur. Nicknamed "Robocop" for his monotone voice and for his focus on "law and order" issues, Saied was a staunch conservative who opposed homosexuality, gender equality, and Salafism while supporting the death penalty, the ability to recall elected officials, and an increased role for youth in politics.

Biography
Kais Saied was born in Ariana, Tunisia on 22 February 1958, and he worked as a law professor and as Secretary-General of the Tunisian Association of Constitutional Law before entering politics. In 2019, he ran for President of Tunisia as an independent social conservative who condemned Salafism and appealed to younger voters but opposed homosexuality (claiming that it was spread by foreign powers), came out against gender equality in inheritance issues, and focused on law and order policies (such as promoting the death penalty). He portrayed himself as a man of the people, just as his populist opponent and media mogul Nabil Karoui did, and, in the presidential election on 13 October 2019, he won 76.9% of the vote to Karoui's 23.11% and thanked the young people for opening a new page of history.